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Reports: Aretha Franklin has pancreatic cancer

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:20 AM PST

National Enquirer claims that doctors made the diagnosis after the singer broke her ribs in a shower fall over the summer.National Enquirer claims that doctors made the diagnosis after the singer broke her ribs in a shower fall over the summer.




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Police: Publicist's murder a 'robbery gone bad'

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:42 PM PST

Police believe Harold Martin Smith acted alone in the murder of publicist Ronni Chasen.Investigators said that they believe a Hollywood publicist was killed by the career criminal who committed suicide last week in a seedy apartment lobby as police closed in on him.




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House Dems push through massive budget bill

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:52 PM PST

Democrats controlling the House have muscled through a catchall spending bill to freeze the budgets of many Cabinet departments and fund the war in Afghanistan for another year.

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Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:52 PM PST

Bid to stop burning of explosives-laced home fails

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 01:24 PM PST

The home rented by accused bomb maker George Djura Jakubec is surrounded by a fireproof white wall in Escondido, Calif., on Wednesday ahead of Thursday's planned burning.A federal judge on Wednesday refused to halt Thursday's scheduled burning of a home that had been stuffed with explosive chemicals.




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Man hacked, parts stuffed in backpack

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 12:56 PM PST

Herbert Tracy WhiteAuthorities are looking for a Pennsylvania couple suspected of killing a man and stuffing his body parts in a backpack and under a bed at a Los Angeles hotel.




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Video: Fury over election creates flashpoint in Haiti

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:44 PM PST

Dec. 8: Nine days after Haiti's chaotic election, thousands of protesters stormed through the streets of Port au Prince Wednesday and rioted with guns, rocks and burning tires, flaming more unrest as the city battles a major cholera epidemic. NBC's Ann Curry reports from Haiti.  (Nightly News)Nine days after Haiti's chaotic election, thousands of protesters stormed through the streets of Port au Prince Wednesday and rioted with guns, rocks and burning tires, flaming more unrest as the city battles a major cholera epidemic. NBC's Ann Curry reports from Haiti. (Nightly News)




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Dirty money: Tests find BPA on dollar bills

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 05:54 AM PST

As if holiday shopping weren't stressful enough, a new report says the dwindling stash of cash in your wallet might be tainted with BPA, a controversial chemical linked to cancer and infertility.As if holiday shopping weren't stressful enough, a new report says the dwindling stash of cash in your wallet might be tainted with BPA, a controversial chemical linked to cancer and infertility.




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Video: Obama riles Dems in battle over Bush-era taxes

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:45 PM PST

Dec. 8: The Obama Administration is keeping the pressure on Democrats in Congress to pass the tax cut package that has many liberals furious. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports.  (Nightly News)The Obama Administration is keeping the pressure on Democrats in Congress to pass the tax cut package that has many liberals furious. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports. (Nightly News)




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Newsweek: Egypt shark attacks a conspiracy?

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:21 AM PST

In the past week the Egyptian resort town of Sharm al-Sheikh has been hit by a spate of gruesome shark attacks, with one person killed. On Monday, the governor of South Sinai suggested that the Israeli Mossad might have deliberately sabotaged Egyptian tourism by "throwing the deadly shark in the sea."

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Break the glass ceiling, fall off the glass cliff

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 07:29 AM PST

Life Inc.: So you've made it to the top in a field normally associated with the other gender. The hard work doesn't stop there.

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Video: NFL looks at new helmet to curb concussions

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:38 AM PST

Dec. 8: On Wednesday, the NFL's Head, Neck and Spine Committee wrapped up a meeting on helmet safety standards. Chris Nowinski of the Sports Legacy Institute discuss the committee's plans to look at new designs to limit blunt head trauma.  (Other)On Wednesday, the NFL's Head, Neck and Spine Committee wrapped up a meeting on helmet safety standards. Chris Nowinski of the Sports Legacy Institute discuss the committee's plans to look at new designs to limit blunt head trauma. (Other)




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Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:38 AM PST

Video: Edwards' legacy: Lessons about a life-threatening illness

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:53 PM PST

Dec. 8: Elizabeth Edwards, who died Tuesday after a six-year battle with breast cancer, never missed an opportunity to use her perspective as a patient to campaign on behalf of universal healthcare. NBC's Nancy Snyderman reports.  (Nightly News)Elizabeth Edwards, who died Tuesday after a six-year battle with breast cancer, never missed an opportunity to use her perspective as a patient to campaign on behalf of universal healthcare. NBC's Nancy Snyderman reports. (Nightly News)




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'Unfortunate error' by bank and a home is gone

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 05:11 PM PST

Christopher Marconi was involved in a foreclosure filing because he was in a traffic accident four years earlier.Now a new species of homeowner is getting pushed into foreclosure hell.




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China cracks down on foreign travel before Nobel ceremony

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 12:53 PM PST

Chinese sympathizers are barred from traveling to Norway — and elsewhere — for Friday's event to honor Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo.

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Why Groupon said no to Google's $6 billion

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 02:29 PM PST

Groupon board members stood to gain millions or even more than a billion dollars by accepting Google's $6 billion offer. Here is why they walked away.

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Porn star with HIV: Make condoms mandatory

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:42 PM PST

Adult film actor Derrick Burts, 24, who tested positive for HIV, speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, in Los Angeles. Burts said he wished he had known more about the risks of contracting sexually transmitted diseases in the industry.A clinic frequented by porn stars stood by findings that an adult film actor contracted HIV through personal sexual activity, contradicting his claims that he was infected through work.




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BP official: Effort to shut Gulf well was 'late'

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:00 AM PST

Workers on the doomed Gulf of Mexico oil rig were distracted by multiple activities going on simultaneously, a BP vice president told a federal investigative panel Wednesday.

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Great Lakes snow piles up — 4 feet in places

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 09:59 AM PST

Chagrin Falls, Ohio, was among the towns seeing continued snow on Wedesday.Relentless lake-effect storms pounded parts of northwestern Pennsylvania and upstate New York on Wednesday, with close to four feet of snow falling in the Syracuse area since the weekend.




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